Requires that any individual who is eligible for the Fair Fares NYC program and any person whose income is two hundred percent of the federal poverty level receive a fifty percent discount on trips using the Long Island Rail Road, paratransit services, New York city transit subways or buses, and/or Metro-North Railroad; defines terms.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7316--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 25, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, TAPIA, SIMONE -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the Fair
Fares act
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 16-a to read as follows:
3 16-a. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or the terms of
4 any contract, the authority, in consultation with the city of New York,
5 shall expand the Fair Fares NYC program to permit any individual who is
6 eligible for the program and any individual whose income is two hundred
7 percent of the federal poverty level to receive a fifty percent discount
8 on trips using the Long Island Rail Road, paratransit services, New York
9 city transit subways or buses, and/or Metro-North railroad.
10 (b) For purposes of this subdivision, "Fair Fares NYC program" shall
11 have the same meaning and eligibility standards as set forth in chapter
12 twelve of title sixty-eight of the rules of the city of New York, which
13 provides a fifty percent fare discount for designated transit options.
14 (c) Additionally, the authority shall consult with the city of New
15 York in conducting a public outreach campaign to increase public aware-
16 ness and expand usage of the Fair Fares NYC program by eligible individ-
17 uals.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03576-05-5
